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Catching up with more news from the past week in local craft beer:
– The Steam Plant is bringing back its Blues & Brews Festival for a second year on Sept. 10 from noon to 5 p.m. for an afternoon of beer, bands and food trucks.
New Belgium, New Boundary and Orlison beers will be pouring along with the house offerings, while music will be provided by Charlie Butts and the Filter Tips, the Bobby Patterson Band and Lucky Stryke. Tickets are $20 ($5 under age 21, $30 for families), with a portion of proceeds supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters.
– By the way, if you haven’t got tickets yet for No-Li’s Backyard BBQ Small Batch Festival on Aug. 27, you’re out of luck; it’s already sold out.
– Laughing Dog’s original taproom north of Sandpoint is closing tomorrow to make a move to the brewery’s new production facility, where it will reopen Aug. 27 for the 11th anniversary party. The new location is at 805 Schweitzer Plaza Drive in Ponderay, off Highway 95 behind Taylor Chevrolet.
– Selkirk Abbey has released a barrel-aged Bulldog Brew specially for the lounge at Coeur d’Alene’s Bulldog Pipe & Cigar Shop, while Big Barn has tapped a limited-release Apricot Wit made with farm-fresh fruit.
– The Fred Meyer store in Spokane on North Division has applied for a liquor license to sell beer to go in growlers, following last month’s application by the Spokane Valley location. The South Spokane store on Thor is scheduled to follow suit as part of the Portland-based chain’s local remodeling plans.
– Perry Street Brewing has a new twist: swivel stools made from repurposed tractor seats along the rail on its patio, overlooking the street action (with custom benches to come).
– Finally, Winthrop’s Old Schoolhouse Brewery is under new ownership. Casey and Laura Ruud, who bought the former Winthrop Brewing in 2008, have sold to a pair of brothers and their business partner.